In Memory Of

FENNELL, BASIL LOUIS FREDERICK

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 1913-06-10
Service No:
 27013V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 1st
Unit 2:
 attd. 6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Regiment:
 Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1944-06-08
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Italy. An extract from the 6th Bn, Black Watch War diary for the 9th June 1944 reads "Before leaving June 8th there are a number of incidents worth recording. The first concerns "B" Coy's advance when they were moving through a cornfield. Suddenly two Germans rose and put their hands up. Our men who had started firing were told to stop by their officer (Lt Fennell), when suddenly Boche M.G. opened up from several directions killing Lt Fennell and one or two other men. Whether the surrendering of the Boche was part of a trap cannot be definitely said but the possibilities are there."
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II, G, 10.
Cemetery:
 BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Louis Reginald Page and Una Fairfox Fennell, of Butterworth, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Transkei. Educated at Kingswood College, Grahamstown. A shift boss. Commemoration stone in Butterworth Cemetery, Eastern Cape. Additional info regarding cause of death supplied by Alun Stevens.